Conflicts of Interest: Not Just an Entrepreneur’s Problem

Physician entrepreneurs are viewed with suspicion because patients often think those doctors have conflicts of interest (COI), i.e. they place something else, most often financial again, ahead of the patient’s interest. There are many sources of conflicts of interest that are less apparent than doctors receiving money from digital pharma/medtech companies, such as cultural or religious beliefs, political affiliation, or even the teams they support on Sundays.  – See more at: http://www.hcplive.com/contributor/arlen-meyers-md-mba/2015/09/conflicts-of-interest-not-just-an-entrepreneurs-problem#sthash.wDRm8SWV.dpuf